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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 151: Angie Kim (Author of Happiness Falls) + Book Recommendations

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

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4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Episode 151 brings author Angie Kim back to the podcast with her sophomore novel, Happiness Falls. Angie is carving out her niche with literary mysteries featuring children with disabilities or illnesses, drawing inspiration from her own family’s encounters. I broke my own rules for podcast guests because Happiness Falls is now in the running for my #1 book of 2023 and it’s the smartest book I’ve read all year!

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Highlights

  • Angie shares a spoiler-free summary of Happiness Falls.
  • Angie’s own life experiences that shape her stories.
  • How Angie’s move as a pre-teen to the United States from South Korea influenced the happiness experiments in this novel.
  • Angie’s expectations going into her sophomore book release.
  • How long Angie had been ideating and writing Happiness Falls.
  • The differences in Angie’s approach to writing this novel compared to her debut.
  • How Angie discovered Angelman’s Syndrome and decided to include it in her novel.
  • The differences in perspectives between a parent of a child with disabilities and and the sibling of a child with disabilities as portrayed in Miracle Creek and Happiness Falls.
  • Angie gives a small teaser about her next book!

Angie’s Book Recommendations [40:34]

Two OLD Books She Loves

Two NEW Books She Loves

One Book She Didn't Love

NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About

Last 5-Star Book Angie Read

Other Links

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week, I talk with a bookish

0:15.6

guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they do not love,

0:22.2

and one new release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about all things,

0:27.0

books. If you like the show, I'd love it if you follow the show in your podcast player,

0:31.9

spread the word to your reader friends, post about it on your social media, or support the show on Patreon at patreon.com slash

0:41.4

Sarah's bookshelves.

0:42.9

Supporting the show on Patreon gets you access to bonus podcast episodes and lots of other goodies.

0:48.5

There's also a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio.

0:52.0

Let's get rolling.

0:53.5

For the first time ever, I'm having a repeat author on the show to

0:57.0

talk about her next book. I usually don't do this, but I loved her most recent release so much,

1:01.8

and I had so many things I wanted to ask her that were different from what we talked about in her

1:05.6

first episode that I broke my own rule. I shared my full thoughts about Happiness Falls by Angie Kim on the

1:12.3

fall preview, so hopefully y'all have all heard that episode already. I loved her debut, Miracle Creek,

1:18.1

but this novel is in the running for my number one book of 2023. Angie is establishing her lane,

1:24.6

literary mysteries involving kids with disabilities or illnesses, and her books are highly inspired by her own family's experiences.

1:31.8

Happiness Falls is an intricate family story with a bit of a mystery and is by far the smartest book I've read all year.

1:38.3

So I am thrilled to welcome Angie Kim, author of Happiness Falls, to the podcast.

1:44.1

Angie immigrated to the U.S. from

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Seoul, South Korea as a preteen. She went to Stanford and then Harvard Law School before

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becoming a trial attorney. Her stories have been published in numerous publications,

1:54.8

including Vogue, The New York Times, Salon, and Slate. Her debut novel, Miracle Creek, won multiple awards, including the Edgar Award,

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